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David Ross can't return until mid-August at earliest

David Ross

Boston Red Sox's David Ross celebrates after scoring on a triple by Jacoby Ellsbury in the eighth inning of a baseball game against the Toronto Blue Jays in Boston, Saturday, May 11, 2013. The Blue Jays won 3-2. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer)

BOSTON – The Red Sox needed space on their 40-man roster Tuesday for Brandon Snyder, so they pushed concussed catcher David Ross to the 60-day disabled list.

That means the soonest Ross could return from his second concussion of the season is mid-August. He went on the DL June 18.

"Just spoke with him," Sox manager John Farrell said. "He's starting to begin some physical activity. And yet, the biggest thing we have to take into account is the second-time occurrence for him. The fact he's on a 60-day DL, you start to map out all you need in terms of the number of days down, the build-back from that. He's understanding of why it's a 60-day."

Because Ross suffered another concussion in such short order – he went to the DL the first time May 12 and came back May 24 – the Sox knew he would need significantly more time to recover.

"I think it's less projectable, for lack of a better term, on how long it's going to be in that it's a second time," Farrell said. "You almost have to think conservatively in this case and know that it's going to be longer than the first time through."